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as in ended
to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point
a grand parade will wrap up the weeklong celebration
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as in summarized
to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)
a reporter wrapped up the mayor's speech in a few sentences
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Recent Examples of wrapped up
The two-weekend event wrapped up Sunday night with Karol G cementing herself in the festival’s history as Coachella’s first Latina headliner.
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Once that’s all wrapped up (likely next week), the budget will roll down the Capitol stairs to the governor’s office for signature into law.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Underwood was 3 of 9 for 22 yards on Saturday when the Wolverines wrapped up spring practices, putting him on the field with both the blue and maize teams for the first quarter.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Four days of jury selection wrapped up Friday in the case against the former Hollywood powerbroker turned #MeToo pariah.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
About 1,000 riders take the Silver Line each year, according to MTS officials, and the trolleys’ maintenance budget is wrapped up in the department’s $135 million rail operations expenses.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
When freshman Braylon Mullins wrapped up his talk, Hurley headbutted the player, appearing to call back to his interaction with a referee immediately after the win over the Duke Blue Devils.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The midterm election was a hot topic at the influential conservative gathering, which wrapped up Sunday.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Macquarie’s Thierry Wizman and Gareth Berry maintain that Trump wants the war wrapped up in roughly six weeks.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Once that’s all wrapped up (likely next week), the budget will roll down the Capitol stairs to the governor’s office for signature into law.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Underwood was 3 of 9 for 22 yards on Saturday when the Wolverines wrapped up spring practices, putting him on the field with both the blue and maize teams for the first quarter.
—CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
Four days of jury selection wrapped up Friday in the case against the former Hollywood powerbroker turned #MeToo pariah.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
About 1,000 riders take the Silver Line each year, according to MTS officials, and the trolleys’ maintenance budget is wrapped up in the department’s $135 million rail operations expenses.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
When freshman Braylon Mullins wrapped up his talk, Hurley headbutted the player, appearing to call back to his interaction with a referee immediately after the win over the Duke Blue Devils.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The midterm election was a hot topic at the influential conservative gathering, which wrapped up Sunday.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
Macquarie’s Thierry Wizman and Gareth Berry maintain that Trump wants the war wrapped up in roughly six weeks.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped up
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For loved ones, the ceremony is not only about mourning, but about reclaiming Tianah's story from the violence that ended it.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Months before that, in a separate interview, the star revealed Netflix had not called her back to film after her maternity leave ended.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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In a news release, the UTLA summarized the tentative deal.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The court reasoned that the clause was in very small font, wasn’t in bold or all caps and the ticket only summarized the arbitration clause rather than offer its specifics.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Wells won the individual title in vault, Florida's Riley McCusker took the bars, Minnesota's Brooklyn Rowray finished first on beam and three-time Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles the floor for UCLA.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Flyers finished 43-27-12 for 98 points.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Eden outlined how, by crippling universities over charges of antisemitism, McMahon could also achieve larger goals.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Continuing about contrasts, Lighton outlined the decision to have Colin’s character be part of a barbershop quartet in the movie, rather than part of a Mensa group, the latter of which is used in the novella.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, an internal report concluded.—
Asia Simone Burns,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Battle of the Billionaires concluded at that year’s WrestleMania and got great ratings.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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However, the other two members wound up suing Beyoncé and Kelly, claiming that being managed by Beyoncé's dad Mathew led to favoritism within the group.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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While the national champion Bruins spent Monday dancing across the league from Toronto to Chicago, the Sparks didn’t get a chance to acquire any of them, and wound up with three late picks who will raise no eyebrows and play few minutes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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